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Doctors grow guide for lowryders.

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OFFICIAL LOWRYDER GROW GUIDE (10/04) - written by the Joint doctor

Preferred growing methods

Indoors, Lowryder performs very well in soil mix (pots or beds) or in soil-less
systems, where it can be cultivated from seed to bud in two months – 18
hours of light per day is recommended all the way through. Switching light
cycles down to 12 hours may diminish yields and shorten the already-short
life cycle slightly. Because Lowryder’s life cycle is so brief, cloning becomes
impracticable, so only plants from seed are grown. By default, Lowryder is a
great choice for sea-of-green.

Because flowering plants and seedlings can be maintained in the same room,
Lowryder presents new possibilities for the small to medium home grower,
including “staggering” your indoor harvest. A true continuous harvest system
may be achieved by planting new plants periodically to replace the ones that
have been harvested. This ensures that a grow

room is always full and always producing fresh bud, and one never has too
much work at once. Click here to learn more about the Joint Doctor’s “1-2-3”
continuous harvest method.

For best results, place jiffy pellet or plant directly into 1-2 gal.pots.
Alternatively, start in 4-inch peat pots, then place

rootbound females into a plant bed after sexing (at approx. 17-20 days) – this
may result in smaller plants than the first method. Grown under a 12 to 24
hour/daylight cycle from start to finish. I recommend 18 hours per day; this
can be decreased to 16 after the first month with no loss of yield.

Outdoors: sow directly into soil after soaking, in 2 gal. pots or plant beds.
New stands of Lowryder can be planted up until late summer, to ensure a
continuous harvest outdoors. Avoid transplanting if you can, but do so if
plants become rootbound. Rogue (remove) males at three weeks.

Growth Factors

Lowryder is extremely versatile in that it can be cultivated in virtually any

climate or grow environment. In fact, it has pushed the envelope of growing,
enabling early harvests in unlikely places like Finland, the North West
Territories, and other northern, short-season, or high altitude areas. It is also
well-adapted to backyard gardens, windowsills and patios where plants can
be easily concealed because of their tiny size.

Nothing will mature earlier or faster than Lowryder! When other varieties
have barely begun flowering, Lowryder outdoor growers are kicking up their
feet and already enjoying their fresh harvests.

Characteristics

Lowryder virtually does away with the vegetative growth stage: it passes
almost immediately from the seedling stage to the flowering period. To our
knowledge, Lowryder has the shortest known life cycle and height in the
cannabis species.

Male plants may be identified as such after approx. 17-20 days, while females
show themselves a couple days later. Plants will even flower under a
continuous light regime.

Lowryder females usually grow no taller than 16-20 inches. 12-16 inches is
typical. Light intensity, pot size, and proper pH all play an important role in
determining the size of plants at maturity – the better the conditions, the
bigger the yield. Plants produce one main cola, although when they receive
adequate light, lower nodes branch out profusely.
Yield and height are dependent on obvious growth factors. For example,
plants kept in small peat cups on a windowsill may yield as little as 1 g. and
grow no taller than 6 inches, with no branching whatsoever; while a plant in a
4-gallon container under high-intensity lighting and good cultivation methods,
can turn into a profusely branched, two-foot wide 45-gram bud monster.

Fertilizer: During the first two weeks of growth, Lowryder should be weekly
light feedings of a “grow” type nutrient solution, with micronutrients. When
plants pass into full flower, they should be started on a “bloom” regime for
weeks 4 through 6. Mycorise-type biological amendments (root stimulators)
seem to increase growth significantly.

Average flowering time

Indoors: 40-45 days (after a 15-20 day seedling stage)

Outdoors: ripens approx. 60 days after seed is sown.

Note: 100% of plants display the auto-flowering genotype.

AVERAGE HEIGHT

12 inches. Minimum: 5 inches, maximum 16 inches (very light-dependent,

with slight phenotype variations).

YIELD

Depending on light and other factors, Lowryder yields up to 45 g – one report

even claims 96 g for one exceptional plant under hydroponics. Extremely
light-dependent in terms of yield. Without adequate conditions, plants may
stay extremely small, almost comically so – but still produce a decent smoke.

Buds are compactand close-quartered, slightly irregular and variable, with

high bud/leaf ratio. Thick pistils, with orange coloration, and medium-sized,
individual calyxes. Tends to be top-heavy indoors. Typically, budding sites
start very close to the ground.

High is uplifting, surprisingly strong. Well-rounded. Best suited for outdoor

activities. Smoke is smooth with pleasant, earthy undertones. Smell is not
overpowering. Unique flavor, with echoes of NL and William’s Wonder in the
bouquet.

JD on nutes:

I get alot of requests for more info on nutrient needs for Lowryder. This is a
hard question to answer as it depends how much money you want to shell
out for nutrient products.

I get Advanced Nutrient products (many say the best) at a discount and I
have adapted their formula for my own use. Advanced Nutrients provides a
complete program for an 8-week grow and has a guide for different growing
mediums.

For the first two weeks, I use what they recommend for seedlings.

Then I use the Micro 2+ Light Feeding program for the rest of their life cycle. I
usually skip week 3 and 5 to bring it down to a 6 week program which I begin
as soon as LRs are sexed.

I know it sounds complicated. Obviously all this is not needed.

As a rule of thumb, treat Lowryders like seedlings for the first 2-3 weeks, then
switch them onto a light bloom program. So, you feed them a
seedling/transplanting formula the first 2 weeks, then switch to a bloom
fertilizer with something like a 5-10-5 or 1-2-1 ratio of N-P-K.
Give them a feeding of bloom fertilizer every week on weeks 3,4,5,6. Just pH-
balanced water on week 7. Flushing solution on week 8.

...or for organic freaks, just plant into organic soil mix with bat guano mixed
in... and put away the calculator... .